Lumper scam

What's funny about this is that the carrier doesn't pay the lumper fee either. The reciever charges you to unload your truck. You get a express code and AR from the carrier to write out a comdata check. The carrier will turn around and charge the lumper fee to the reciever. So in essense, the reciever is charging themselves to unload a truck. Or they are charging the shipper, depending on who is paying the bill.

Sounds pretty dumb, doesn't it?

 

So why would it not be simpler for the receiver to not charge a lumper fee, since they are going to pay this fee back to the carrier anyhow? Seems like these receivers skipped out on economics class a few to many times.

 

Lumper fees are tax deductable.

Even as a O/O or IC you can claim lumper costs on your taxes.

 

Care to elaborate? How is a lumper fee not tax deductable, since you seem to know everything?

 

Only deductible from the O/O or L/O if the expense is actually theirs. If the carrier or broker reimburses, or pays the fee, then the "business expense" is not legally the drivers. Nor can it be the carrier, since they also get reimbursed for "fronting" the fee...actually many carriers charge for the service of fronting the fee....so that falls under profit, not loss.

Bottom line...whichever "group/individual" that actually incurs the expense would be the only one legally allowed the expense deduction.

 

I already knew this.

 

The load WAS on pallets! lol and not even to normal "full" size 48x48...these were 24x24.

 

Dammnnn, not a bad job as a lumper. Cash deal, and go home after unloading. Most drivers have a long drive after that.